From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] qemu: IDE/ATAPI emulation reliability fixes Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:15:55 +0200 Message-ID: <474FB8AB.70601@qumranet.com> References: <20071128180630.GA351@tapir> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belon Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20071128180630.GA351@tapir> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belon wrote: > The following patch series implements fixes to the IDE/ATAPI emulation > in qemu which are already committed upstream or proposed for inclusion; > including 2 serious regressions that result in availability and data loss > problems when using OpenSolaris or FreeBSD guests (at least) by the first 2: > > Patch 1/5 : fixes GET_CONFIGURATION to allow OpenSolaris cdrom access > Patch 2/5 : fixes IDE sector write operations resulting in data lost > Patch 3/5 : enables ACPI interrupts > Patch 4/5 : uses DVD-ROM as model name for INQUIRY and IDENTIFY DEVICE > Patch 5/5 : removes obsolete triton chip support > > They had been tested in Gentoo Linux 2007.0 amd64 using an Intel Core 2 > 6320 host and several different versions of FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Linux, > OpenSolaris and Windows 2000 guests > > Thanks; the last time I tried to merge qemu I had several regressions. I'll try again soon once these are merged (or merge them myself if qemu-devel takes too long). -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4